Combined card and book for holding fish-hooks.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.

A. W. CONNOR. A COMBINED CARD AND BOOK FOR HOLDING FISH HOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22, 1902.

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ALBERT IV. CONNOR, OF ST. LOUIS,-MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

COMBINED CARD AND BOOK FOR HOLDING FESH=HOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,509, dated April 28, 1903.

Application filed December 22, 1902. Serial No. 136,094. (No model.)

To (til whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WV. CONNOR, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Card and Book for Holding Fish-Hooks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a card that also serves as a book for holding fly orother fish hooks. 7

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of my improved card and hook for holding fish-hooks, the same being shown in its folded position. Fig. II is a front View of the article in its open position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a card divided into sections 2 by lines of perforations 3. One end of the card is provided with a flap 45, adapted to be turned down over the loop ends of the leaders 5 of the hooks and to be gnmmed to the body 1 of the card between the lines A and i3, thus forming pockets 4, that receive the loop ends of the leaders. The lines 3 of perforations extend through the flap 4, as shown in Fig. II. The body of the card is cut away at 6 6 and 7 7 to receive the hooks and the hook ends of the leaders, as clearly shown in Fig. II, and which in itself is a common practice in the manufacture of fly-hook'cards. The other end of the card from the flap at is provided with'a flap 8, adapted to be folded over the hooks, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. II; but this flap is not designed to be gum med to the body of the card, but is free to be opened out to expose the hooks. The lines 3 of perforations pass through the flap 8, as shown in Fig. II, so that each hook and leader is mounted on a section 2 of the card, each section having its pocket 4 and loose flap 8, so that when the sections are separated each one is complete in itself and each holds its fish-hook and leader snugly in position and protects the point of the hook from engagement with other things.

When the combined card and book has been filled, it may be folded into the position shown in Fig. I, in which position it can be conveniently handled.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a combined card and book for fishhooks, the combination of a card divided into sections by perforations, a single flap pro- .vided with perforations coincident with the perforations of the card, gummed to the body of the card at several points to form a plurality of pockets at one end of the card to receive theloop ends of the leaders, and a single flap at the other end of the card also provided with perforations coincident with the perforations of the card and adapted to be folded over onto the body of the card to cover the hooks.

2. In a'coznbined card and book for fishhooks, the combination of a card provided with a single flap at one end adapted to be gurnmed at several points to the body of the card to form a plurality of pockets to receive the loop ends of the leaders, and a single flap at the other end of the card adapted to be folded over onto the body of the card to cover all of the hooks, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of December, 1902.

ALBERT W. CONNOR.

In presence of E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

